Timber!

Our barn windows were looking like they belonged in a haunted house.  We finally bit the bullet and hired Qualified Builders (B-I-L Herb) to replace them for us.  We rented a lift for a week, so we were able get a lot of other projects done around the farm including installing two new yard lights, changing bulbs in two others, and some tree work.

New lower windows.

Herb working off of the lift on the upper windows.

The new upper windows look good.  Now the rest of the barn looks bad.  We will either need to paint it again or put on metal siding next summer.

While we had the lift here, we decided to take down the big old walnut tree that borders our driveway.  It has been backed into many times by cars because it is right on the edge of the drive.  It is a nice shade tree, but it is a dirty tree, dropping walnuts on the driveway all fall.  My Grandpa planted it and a number of other walnut trees in the yard back in the late 1930's.  We will still have three left after this one is down.

There were some thunderous crashes as the large branches toppled, along with walnuts flying everywhere. At the end of the day, my arms were tired from holding the chainsaw.  I left the main trunk standing until I get some advice about saving it to cut up into lumber.  With a little help from my sons, we finally got it all cleaned up today.  We intend to plant a Red Maple in the general vicinity in the spring.

He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:
Daniel 4:14